Nursing Project

Personal Philosophy of Nursing

In a Microsoft Word document of 6-7 pages formatted in APA style, describe your personal approach to professional nursing practice. Be sure to address each one of the following criteria:

• - Which philosophy/conceptual framework/theory/middle-range theory describes nursing in the way you think about it?
  • - Discuss how you could utilize the philosophy/conceptual framework/theory/middle-range theory to organize your thoughts for critical thinking and decision making in nursing practice.
• - Formulate and discuss your personal definition of nursing, person, health, and environment.
• - Discuss a minimum of two beliefs and/or values about nursing that guide your own practice.
• - Analyze your communication style using one of the tools presented in the course.
  • - Discuss the strengths and weaknesses associated with your style of communication.
  • - Impact of your communication style on your ability to collaborate as part of an interdisciplinary team.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format.

• Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.
• This handout will provide you the details of formatting your essay using APA style.
• You may create your essay in this APA-formatted template.